Which of the following place and district in Madhya Pradesh is NOT associated with a Thermal Power Station?
- (a)Sarani, Betul
- (b)Amarkantak, Anuppur
- (c)Birsingpur, Umaria
- (d)Dongaliya Mundi, Khargone
Correct — D, Dongaliya Mundi, Khargone. There is no thermal power station at Dongaliya (near Mundi) sitting in Khargone district — the plant actually located there is the Shree Singaji Super Thermal Power Project, but it falls in KHANDWA district, not Khargone. Khargone district does have its own plant, NTPC's Khargone Super Thermal Power Station, but that is sited near the separate villages of Selda and Dalchi. So the place–district pairing in option (d) is the mismatched one.
- (a)Sarani, Betul — Correctly matched — the Satpura Thermal Power Station stands at Sarni (also spelt Sarani) in Betul district; it has run since 1967 and is one of MP's oldest coal-based plants.
- (b)Amarkantak, Anuppur — Correctly matched by district — the Amarkantak Thermal Power Station is sited at Chachai (near Amlai), which falls within Anuppur district, the same district named for the sacred Amarkantak plateau.
- (c)Birsingpur, Umaria — Correctly matched — the Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Station stands at Birsinghpur in Umaria district and is commonly referred to by its location name.
Madhya Pradesh's coal-based thermal power stations cluster in its coalfield districts: Betul (Satpura TPS at Sarni), Anuppur (Amarkantak TPS at Chachai), Umaria (Sanjay Gandhi TPS at Birsinghpur), and Khargone (NTPC's ultra-supercritical Khargone Super TPS). A similarly-named plant, the Shree Singaji Super Thermal Power Project near Dongaliya/Mundi, is often confused with Khargone district's plant but actually sits in the neighbouring district of Khandwa.
The trap is a near-miss on adjacent district names — Khargone sounds plausible for a plant near Dongaliya/Mundi because Khargone genuinely does have its own thermal power station, but that plant (NTPC Khargone Super TPS) is located at Selda-Dalchi villages, not at Dongaliya/Mundi.
- Satpura Thermal Power Station — Sarni, Betul district (operating since 1967).
- Amarkantak Thermal Power Station — Chachai, Anuppur district.
- Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Station — Birsinghpur, Umaria district.
- Shree Singaji Super Thermal Power Project — near Dongaliya/Mundi, but in KHANDWA district, not Khargone.
- Khargone district's own plant is NTPC's Khargone Super Thermal Power Station, near Selda–Dalchi villages.
- Confusing Khargone district's own NTPC plant with the Shree Singaji plant near Dongaliya/Mundi, which is actually in Khandwa district
- Assuming a power station's popular place-name always shares the exact same-named district
MPPSC frequently sets 'place–district NOT correctly matched' questions on MP's thermal power stations; the trap option is usually a real place paired with a plausible but wrong neighbouring district.
MPPSC_2023_PRE_PaperI_Q782023Which of the following thermal power stations is situated at Chachai of Anuppur district?
- (a) Satpura power station
- (b) Amarkantak power station
- (c) Bansagar power station
- (d) None of the above
Answer(b) Amarkantak power station
Same concept — independently confirms the Chachai/Anuppur → Amarkantak Thermal Power Station fact used as a distractor check here.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Shree Singaji Super Thermal Power Project, near Dongaliya village, is located in which Madhya Pradesh district?
- (a)Khargone
- (b)Khandwa
- (c)Betul
- (d)Anuppur
Answer(b) Khandwa — the Shree Singaji plant near Dongaliya/Mundi sits in Khandwa district, not Khargone.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which thermal power station of Madhya Pradesh is India's first ultra-supercritical coal-based power plant?
- (a)Satpura TPS, Sarni
- (b)Khargone Super TPS
- (c)Amarkantak TPS
- (d)Sanjay Gandhi TPS
Answer(b) Khargone Super TPS — NTPC's first ultra-supercritical thermal power station in India.